Peace Bridge Arena was the main sports arena located in Fort Erie, Ontario , Canada. Built in 1928, it held 5,000 people. It was located near the Peace Bridge connecting Fort Erie with Buffalo, New York . Both the Chicago Black Hawks and Pittsburgh Pirates made the arena a temporary home for the first few games of the 1928–29 National Hockey League (NHL) season.
6-669: The arena was also the home of the Buffalo Bisons ice hockey team; for a brief period in 1931, it also served as the backup arena for their crosstown rivals, the Buffalo Majors , who normally played at Broadway Auditorium . On March 17, 1936, the roof collapsed after thirteen inches of heavy snowfall, and the original hockey Bisons' folded early in their 1936–37 season. In 1940, Buffalo Memorial Auditorium (The Aud), located in Buffalo, replaced Broadway Auditorium; with it,
12-584: A new Bisons team was established, operating in American Hockey League until the NHL expansion Buffalo Sabres moved into The Aud for the team's inaugural 1970–71 season . 42°54′28″N 78°55′11″W / 42.9078°N 78.9196°W / 42.9078; -78.9196 This article about a Canadian ice hockey arena is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Buffalo Bisons (IHL) The Buffalo Bisons were
18-591: A professional ice hockey team representing Buffalo, New York , although they played home games in nearby Fort Erie, Ontario , Canada, at the 5,000-seat Peace Bridge Arena . The Bisons were founded in the Canadian Professional Hockey League for the 1928–29 season. The Bisons transferred to the International Hockey League for the next season. Buffalo were IHL league champions in 1931–32 and 1932–33, winning
24-574: A profit and pay players' salaries from ticket sales in the smaller facility. The club permanently ceased operations on December 6, 1936, after playing just eleven games with a record of 3–8–0. The original Bisons were replaced in 1940 when the Syracuse Stars relocated to Buffalo, becoming the new Bisons team , after the construction of Buffalo Memorial Auditorium on the American side of the border. The new Bisons played from 1940 to 1970, when
30-492: The F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy . On March 17, 1936, with just nine days left in the season, the Bisons lost their home arena due to damage caused by thirteen inches of wet snow deposited by an early Spring storm. The arena (only eight years old at the time) was designed with a "Lamella Trussless" roof to improve indoor sightlines, and reduce support frames obstructing the view. The structure proved to be too weak and collapsed under
36-600: The weight of the snow. The Bisons played the remainder of the 1935–36 season on the road. The arena was torned down and later replaced by Fort Erie Memorial Arena (c. 1947 and demolished 1977). The Bisons joined the International-American Hockey League for the 1936–37 season . The team started the season playing in an arena (likely Victoria Park Arena) in Niagara Falls, Ontario . It soon became clear that they wouldn't be able to make
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